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Prices for the walnut kernel in Moldova are discouragingly low so far

Walnut Kernel
Moldova
Published Nov 11, 2022

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This week, some trading companies have begun to buy walnut kernels "from the market", i.e. not from partner farmers, with whom sale and purchase contracts are concluded following direct negotiations and the prices appearing in them are not disclosed. The wholesale price announced by traders for "external suppliers" is 50-60 lei/kg ($2.62-3.15/kg), depending on the quality of the kernel and the size of the batch, East-Fruit reports. There were no such prices for the walnut kernel in Moldova for a very long time.

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Even in 2018, when the Moldovan walnut market faced an attempted redistribution and administrative blocking of the exports of many market operators, prices in November were higher – an average of 70 lei/kg ($4.09/kg). Read also: AWPA: 2022 is a turning point for industrial walnut production in Georgia In principle, both traders and walnut farmers understand the reasons for this situation. On the one hand, local exporters hope that European wholesale buyers will offer them a price of at least 5.5-6 euros/kg for a varietal nut kernel. However, there are very few such proposals, the purchased volumes are small and may well be covered by contracts between exporters and a few traditional partners - walnut farmers. There is no great need for the purchase of a nut kernel "from the market". However, the period of active buying of nuts collected in households from forest belts and alleys along the roads has been postponed for several weeks. Such uncertainty does not bode well, and cannot ...
Source: Eastfruit
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